Born
1966	Rahway, New Jersey
Solo Exhibition
2008	DFN Gallery, "Jersey Girls," New York, NY
2008	Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ (scheduled)
2006	Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006	DFN Gallery, "Motorscape," New York, NY
2005	Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, ITALY
2004	DFN Gallery, “Jersey World,” New York, NY
2003	Riverrun Gallery, Lambertville, NJ Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002	Marella Arte Contemporanea, "The Long Drive", Milan, ITALY Fondazione Corrente/Museo Treccani, “American Solitude”, Milan, ITALY, Curated by Marina Pizziolo
2000	Marella Arte Contemporanea, “The Horrible Garden", Milan, ITALY Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
1999	DFN Gallery, New York, NY BOLOGNA ART FAIR, Bologna, ITALY
1998	Marella Arte Contemporanea, Sarnico, ITALY, (catalogue) DFN Gallery, "Vanishing Point," New York, NY
	DFN Gallery, “Works on Paper,” New York, NY
1997	Marella Arte Contemporanea, "Little Deaths", Sarnico, ITALY, (catalogue) Reali Arte Contemporanea Brescia, ITALY Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA, MFA Thesis Exhibition
1996	Riverrun Gallery, "The Waiting Paintings," Lambertville, NJ The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA Nex'po96, Las Vegas, NV
1995	The Pingry School, Bernardsville, NJ Nex'po95, Atlanta, GA
1993	Blackburn and Yates Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ
1992	Blackburn and Yates Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ Genest Gallery, "...and the Pursuit of Happiness" Lambertville, NJ Blackburn and Yates Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ Lebanon Township Museum, Lebanon, NJ
Group Exhibitions
2007	DFN Gallery, "Works on Paper," New York, NY DFN Gallery, "Wet," New York, NY
2006	DFN GALLERY, "10th Anniversary Show", New York, NY
2005	DFN GALLERY, “Animal Tales,” New York, NY
2004	DFN Gallery, “Innocense Found,” New York, NY Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco International Art Exposition, CA Marella Arte Contemporanea, Bologna Art Fair, ITALY
2003	Beijing International Art Bienniale, Beijing, CHINA (catalogue) DFN Gallery, “The Burbs”, New York, NY (catalogue) Mary Etherington Fine Art, Martha’s Vineyard, MA Art Chicago 2003, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, Chicago, IL Art NY, Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York, NY San Francisco International Art Exposition, Paul Thiebaud Gallery,San Francisco, CA Bologna Art Fair, Marella Arte Contemporanea Bologna, ITALY Mi Art, Marella ArteContemporanea, Milan, ITALY
2002	Artissima, Turin, ITALY Art Chicago 2002, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, Chicago, IL DFN Gallery, "First Annual Tribeca Works on Paper Show", New York, NY Bologna Art Fair, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Bologna, ITALY
2001	Paul Theibaud Gallery, San Francisco International Art Exposition, San Francisco, CA Basilica Palladiana, "Generazionale: Indagine Sulle Nuove Generazioni", Vicenza, ITALY,      Curated by Beatrice Buscaroli, (catalogue)
2000	Art in General, "Private Worlds", New York, NY, Curated by Arnold Mesches and Joan Semmel DFN Gallery, "Summer," New York, NY OEP Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
1999	DFN Gallery, "Road Show," New York, NY Marella Arte Contemporanea, Bologna Art Fairl, Bologna, ITALY The Painting Center, New York, NY Gale Gates et. al., "Size Matters," Brooklyn, NY Veneziarte, Venice, ITALY New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, "Collectors Edge," Summit, NJ Logetta del Trentanove "New York Stories: Tom Birkner, Steve DeBennedetto, Stephen Ellis, and Robert Yarber,"      Faenza, ITALY, (catalogue) Marella Arte Contemporanea, Bologna Art Fair, Bologna, ITALY Montclair Art Museum, "New Jersey Arts Annual," Montclair, NJ, (catalogue) Jersey City Museum, New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition 1996-1998,      Jersey City, NJ, (catalogue) Concept Art Gallery, "Artist as Curator," Pittsburgh, PA Oxford Gallery, "In the Present Tense," Rochester, NY
1997	Marella Arte Contemporanea, Bologna Art Fairl, Bologna, ITALY Oxford Gallery, "The Seasons," Rochester, NY Big Ten Conference Art Exhibition, Chicago, IL
1996	The Newark Museum, "Confrontations; Paintings by Tom Birkner, Mary Alice Copp and Michael Peglau," Newark, NJ Woodmere Art Museum, "Creative Artists Network: Selections 1984-1996," Philadelphia, PA Curated by Ann Temkin Oxford Gallery, "In the Present Tense," Rochester, NY CAN Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1995	Wayne Art Center, Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY CAN Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Rutgers University, "Painting Through Progression," New Brunswick, NJ, Curated by Jacqueline Kear Riverrun Gallery, "The American Scene," Lambertville, NJ Coryell Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
1992	Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ Blackburn and Yates Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ Philadelphia Sketch Club, 132nd Annual Small Works Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
1991	Blackburn and Yates Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ
1990	Rutgers University, "The George Street Project," New Brunswick, NJ Blackburn and Yates Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ
1989	Blackburn and Yates Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ
Awards and Grants
2003	New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship
1999	Dodge Foundation Fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center
1997	Creative Achievement Award (The Pennsylvania State University) New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship
1995	Posey Foundation Grant Graham Fellowship (The Pennsylvania State University School of Art and Architecture)
1993	George and Clara Muller Fellowship (Rutgers University)
Bibliography
American Art Collector, "Jersey Girls," April 2008 The New York Times, New Jersey & the Region, "Around Every Corner, A Glimpse of Artist's at Work," by Christopher Hann,      Sunday, September 30, 2007 The New York Sun, Arts & Letters, "John Hardy & Tom Birkner," by David Cohen, Thursday, March 9, 2006 ARTnews, "Tom Birkner," by Gerard Haggerty, September 2004 The Battery Park City Broadsheet, "Glamour Absent from Gritty New Show at DFN Gallery," by Margaret Coady, May 4-19, 2004 The Star-Ledger, "Art of the State, Jersey guy paints what he knows," by Dan Bischoff, Friday, April 30, 2004 The New York Times, New Jersey, "A Mysterious Place," Sunday, April 15, 2004 Time Off, cover, December 5-14, 2003 The Philadelphia Inquirer, Review, by Victoria Donohoe, December 2003, p.L3 The Express-Times (Easton, PA), Review, by Ken Endick, December 26, 2003, p.9 The Princeton Packet, "Average Americans," Cover story, Susan Van Dongen, December 5, 2003 ARTE, "American Tabloid," by Alessandro Riva, December 2002, p.99 Flash Art, by Guido Comis, February/March 2001, p.125 The New York Times, "Private Worlds," by Grace Glueck, June 30, 2000 The Village Voice, "Money," by Tony Schlessinger, October 25, 1999 The New York Observer, "Tom Birkner at DFN Gallery," by Mario Naves, September 27, 1999 Antiques & the Arts Weekly, "Tom Birkner to Show Paintings of Rust Belt at DFN Gallery," September 3, 1999, p.97 New York Arts, "The Creep," Review of Tom Birkner at DFN Gallery, by Michael Peglau, June 1999, p.36 Bresciaoggi, "l'altra faccia dell'America," by Maurco Corradini, Tom Birkner, May 5, 1999 ARTnews, "Tom Birkner at DFN Gallery," by Gerard Haggerty, December 1998, p.154 Riva, Alessandro. "Tom Birkner's Shaded Zone," Catalogue essay, Marella Arte Contemporanea, September 1998 Star-Ledger, "Exhibit of Jersey Artists Has Many Hidden Surprises," by Dan Bischoff, July 3, 1998, p.28 The New York Times, "An annual appraisal of the Urge to Innovate," William Zimmer, July 1, 1998< Juliet, A Curto, April, May 1998, p.73 ARTE, "On the Road, Galleria Arte Contemporanea," by Licia Spagnesi, March 1998, p.122-127 ARTE, "Made in USA," Allessandra Redaelli, January 1998 Tema Celeste, Review, by Sara Recordati, June-October 1997, p.83 Bresciaoggi, Review, by Maurco Corradini, June 14, 1997 Catalogue essay, "Little Deaths," by Robert Yarber, April 1997 City, "At Oxford," by Ron Netsky, September 25 - October 1, 1996, p.19 City (Rochester, NY), "Summer's Good Looks," Ron Netsky, July 24-30, 1996, p.14 The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Helping Launch Career of Emerging Artists," by Victoria Donohoe, February 19, 1995 The Princeton Packet, "A Portrait of Americans at Play," by Richard Shea, November 1, 1991 The Hunterdon Observer, "Artist Makes Early Mark," by Kristen Rall, October 25, 1989
Education
The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; MFA, Visual Art, 1997 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; BA, Visual Art/ Political Science, 1993 The Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art
Teaching
Parsons, The New School for Design, Summer Intensive Studies, 2007-2008 Drew University, Madison, NJ; Adjunct Lecturer of Art, Spring 1999 - present The Pennsylvania State University; Graduate assistant, Fall 1996, Spring 1997

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